Prof. Tatiana Ilyina

Prof. Tatiana Ilyina
Erdsystemmodellierung
AbteilungsleiterinTel: +49 (0)4152 87-1833
Tel alternativ: +49-(0)40-42838-7402
Professional Experience
since Aug. 2023 | Professor (W3), Head Modeling the carbon cycle in the Earth system | Universität Hamburg |
since Aug. 2023 | Head of Department Earth system modeling | Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon |
since 2010 | Group Lead of Ocean Biogeochemistry Group | Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany |
2006–2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher | Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA (incl. leave to work at DMI) |
2008–2009 | Research Scientist (8 Months) | Center for Ocean and Ice, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Education
Habilitation (2022) | Oceanography | Universität Hamburg, Germany |
Dr. rer. nat. ( 2006) | Oceanography | International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, Universität Hamburg, Germany |
M.Sc. (2002), B.Sc. (2000) | Meteorology | Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St. Petersburg, Russia |
Selected Professional Activities
The World Climate Research Program (WCRP):
• co-Chair, Working Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM), since 2022
• Member, Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) Panel, since 2023
• co-Chair, WCRP Grand Challenge on Carbon Feedbacks in the Climate System, 2016-2022
• Interim panel member, WCRP Earth System Modelling and Observations Core Project (ESMO), 2021-2023
Met Office Hadley Centre Science Review Group (SRG), since 2019
External Review Board, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, October 2019
Scientific Steering Committees:
• co-Chair, Coupled Climate Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (C4MIP), since 2023 (member since 2013)
• Decadal Climate Prediction Project (DCPP), since 2019
• Global Carbon Project (GCP), Future Earth, SSC affiliate, since 2017
Editorial engagement:
• Editor of Geophysical Research Letters, 2015-2019
• Co-Editor of Biogeosciences Special Issue "Progress in quantifying ocean biogeochemistry - in honour of Ernst Maier-Reimer", 2017-2019
Coordinator of the Project PalMod - a paleo modeling initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - Phase II (2018-2022) and Phase III (2023-2026)
Director of the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, 2012–2014
Zukunftsforum Ozean, Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung, since 2020
German National Committee of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, 2018-2024
Hereon-Publikationen
- Brovkin, V., Sanderson, B. M., Brizuela, N. G., Hajima, T., Ilyina, T., Jones, C. D., Koven, C., Lawrence, D., Lawrence, P., Li, H., Liddcoat, S., Romanou, A., Séférian, R., Sentman, L. T., Swann, A. L. S., Tjiputra, J., Ziehn, T., and Winkler, A. J. (2025): On a simplified solution of climate-carbon dynamics in idealized flat10MIP simulations, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3270
- Dunkl, I., Bastos, A., and Ilyina, T. (2025): Compensatory effects conceal large uncertainties in the modelled processes behind the relationship between the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and CO2, Earth Syst. Dynam., 16, 151–167, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-151-2025
- Filippou, D., Li, H., and Ilyina, T. (2025): Ocean Compound Extreme Events Under Emission Reduction and Negative CO2 Pathways, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-1719, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-1719
- Friedlingstein, P., O’Sullivan, M., Jones, M. W., Andrew, R. M., Hauck, J., Landschützer, P., Le Quéré, C., Li, H., Luijkx, I. T., Olsen, A., Peters, G. P., Peters, W., Pongratz, J., Schwingshackl, C., Sitch, S., Canadell, J. G., Ciais, P., Jackson, R. B., Alin, S. R., Arneth, A., Arora, V., Bates, N. R., Becker, M., Bellouin, N., Berghoff, C. F., Bittig, H. C., Bopp, L., Cadule, P., Campbell, K., Chamberlain, M. A., Chandra, N., Chevallier, F., Chini, L. P., Colligan, T., Decayeux, J., Djeutchouang, L. M., Dou, X., Duran Rojas, C., Enyo, K., Evans, W., Fay, A. R., Feely, R. A., Ford, D. J., Foster, A., Gasser, T., Gehlen, M., Gkritzalis, T., Grassi, G., Gregor, L., Gruber, N., Gürses, Ö., Harris, I., Hefner, M., Heinke, J., Hurtt, G. C., Iida, Y., Ilyina, T., Jacobson, A. R., Jain, A. K., Jarníková, T., Jersild, A., Jiang, F., Jin, Z., Kato, E., Keeling, R. F., Klein Goldewijk, K., Knauer, J., Korsbakken, J. I., Lan, X., Lauvset, S. K., Lefèvre, N., Liu, Z., Liu, J., Ma, L., Maksyutov, S., Marland, G., Mayot, N., McGuire, P. C., Metzl, N., Monacci, N. M., Morgan, E. J., Nakaoka, S.-I., Neill, C., Niwa, Y., Nützel, T., Olivier, L., Ono, T., Palmer, P. I., Pierrot, D., Qin, Z., Resplandy, L., Roobaert, A., Rosan, T. M., Rödenbeck, C., Schwinger, J., Smallman, T. L., Smith, S. M., Sospedra-Alfonso, R., Steinhoff, T., Sun, Q., Sutton, A. J., Séférian, R., Takao, S., Tatebe, H., Tian, H., Tilbrook, B., Torres, O., Tourigny, E., Tsujino, H., Tubiello, F., van der Werf, G., Wanninkhof, R., Wang, X., Yang, D., Yang, X., Yu, Z., Yuan, W., Yue, X., Zaehle, S., Zeng, N., and Zeng, J. (2025): Global Carbon Budget 2024, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 965–1039. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-965-2025
- Li, H., Ramme, L., Li, C., and Ilyina, T. (2025): Asymmetric carbon-climate responses to cumulative emissions under different CO2 pathways, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-16501, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-16501
- Müller, W. A., Lorenz, S., Pham, T. V., Schneidereit, A., Brokopf, R., Brovkin, V., Brüggemann, N., Chegini, F., Dommenget, D., Fröhlich, K., Früh, B., Gayler, V., Haak, H., Hagemann, S., Hanke, M., Ilyina, T., Jungclaus, J., Köhler, M., Korn, P., Kornblüh, L., Kroll, C., Krüger, J., Castro-Morales, K., Niemeier, U., Pohlmann, H., Polkova, I., Potthast, R., Riddick, T., Schlund, M., Stacke, T., Wirth, R., Yu, D., and Marotzke, J. (2025): The ICON-based Earth System Model for Climate Predictions and Projections (ICON XPP v1.0), EGUsphere [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2473